Thanks, Gaga – you've made a slow news day into a kooky (or 'gaga') news day!

Lady Gaga's prurience and her preoccupation with same-gender sexuality has caused an upwelling of protest in, no, not Saudi Arabia or Iran, but, South Korea, of all places. The protestors' term for the prurience and preoccupation: "pornography" and "homosexuality." These protestors belong to several Christian groups in... Keep reading...

After the early demises of one-week wonders 'The Hunger Games' OST, Mad-onna's 'MDNA', and Nicki Minaj's 'Reloaded', Lionel Richie's 'Tuskegee' has surprised even me – who expected it to reach the apex – by clinging on to the top. Part of the reason is a lack of competition but the other part is that this is a good album that's at the top on merit. ... Keep reading...

You know it's a slow news day in the music world when People Magazine's choice of 'Most Beautiful Woman' gets all the coverage. But wait— Beyonce is a music-biz person! So Music-Lovers' 'Congratulations' and 'Thank Yous' are very much in order to Beyonce for winning an 'open' award for the Music Biz, no? That said, these days we have a bevy of lovely... Keep reading...

You know who Taylor Swift is, of course, but how about Joni Mitchell? Drawing a blank? Hint: Ask your parents. Joni Mitchell was a singer-songwriter-guitarist who descended from and was influenced by that great Hippy Movement. Now, nice and wholesome Taylor Swift wants to play Mitchell in a movie called "Girls Like Us." I wonder if strong-minded Joni will nix this casting... Keep reading...

We had an upsurge of news late last week and there was the usual Billboard review, which has meant a news pile-up. To catch up lets's dive right in!

* Too many female artistes are scripted in their statements and actions, either by themselves (think Mad-onna), or by handlers who want to maximize the gain from their cash cow (think Britney). Or, they say and... Keep reading...